Le Mans 2-1 Nancy: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 December 2007

Result

Le Mans 2-1 Nancy

Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 December 2007, 16:10 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Le Mans 2-1 Nancy: match report

Le Mans beat Nancy 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 1 December 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Benjamin Gavanon opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Le Mans's goals came from Hassan Yebda (59') and Gervinho (79'). Nancy scored through Benjamin Gavanon (9', penalty).

Discipline: Le Mans received 1 yellow card; Nancy received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Le Mans were 6th on 23 points from 15 and Nancy 2nd on 31 points from 14. Le Mans went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Nancy 4th with 60.

Le Mans lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nancy in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Le Mans wins, 3 draws and 1 for Nancy.

Going into the match Le Mans's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Nancy's W-D-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Penalty goal · Benjamin GavanonNancy · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Jonathan BrisonNancy
  • 59'Goal · Hassan YebdaLe Mans · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · GervinhoLe Mans · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Gaston CurbeloNancy
  • 89'Yellow card · Ibrahima CamaraLe Mans
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sébastien PuygrenierNancy

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Le Mans 0, draws 3, Nancy 1.

Team news

Le Mans expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yohann Pelé, Ibrahima Camara, Marko Baša, Gregory Cerdan, Jean Calve, Romaric, Mathieu Coutadeur, Stéphane Sessègnon, Túlio de Melo, Gervinho, Anthony Le Tallec

Nancy line-up (4-3-3)

André Luiz, Jonathan Brison, David Sauget, Pascal Berenguer, Benjamin Gavanon, Kim, Issiar Dia, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Gennaro Bracigliano, Frédéric Biancalani, Sébastien Puygrenier